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landfill
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landfill
a. disposal of waste material by burying it under layers of earth
b. (as modifier): landfill sites

landfill [′lan‚fil]
(civil engineering)
Disposal of solid waste by burying in layers of earth in low ground.


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Think of it as an elegant dump site for great thoughts, factoids, and inside skinny that used to be released only by reporters' lips that had been loosened by alcohol at some nearby saloon--back in the days before urban American journalism migrated from taverns to health clubs.
Hints indicating a roadside meth dump site include bottles with rubber hoses attached, the smell of ammonia, and coffee filters stained red or containing a white powdery residue.
None of the 26 dump zones have been examined in the past 30 years, only one dump site has been put on nautical charts to warn boaters, divers and fishermen, and state officials have been kept in the dark.
 
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